How simulations help manufacturing of modern displays

Layer by Layer

Modern materials must be recyclable and sustainable. Consumer electronics is no exception, with organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) taking over modern televisions and portable device displays. However, the development of suitable materials - from the synthesis of molecules to the production of dis…

In the clean room of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, two employees of the space company OHB transfer part of the lens optics of the NISP instrument (left) to a measuring machine (right). © Johannes Maas

The four infrared filters installed in the NISP instrument with diameters of four centimeters in the foreground, as well as eight and fourteen centimeters in the background. With over 300 grams per filter, these are the largest and heaviest infrared filters ever used on an astronomical space mission. The basis of all filters is quartz glass, which is specially coated so that each filter only allows infrared light at very specific wavelengths to pass through. © MPIA/Felix Hormut

The ESA mission Euclid in the clean room of the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille. The fully assembled NISP detector system is located on the right side in the focus of the telescope. The clearly visible blue shimmering lens system is on the left side, with the filters in the device located behind the lenses. They ensure that only infrared light is filtered out from the incoming light before it reaches the NISP instrument. © Euclid Consortium & NISP instrument team.

10.11.2023
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Science

The Euclid space telescope contains technology from two Max Planck Institutes

Development work with a clear perspective

Planning a space telescope mission like Euclid allows for only one launch attempt. Researchers and engineering teams from the Max Planck Society have had to overcome major challenges to make the technology work in space. They have developed optical components and parts of the instruments on board, a…

Measurement of the motor protein kinesin-1 (red), as it

24.03.2023
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Devices

Pushing the MINFLUX technique to higher spatial and temporal precision allows protein dynamics to be observed under physiological conditions

Fast even at the nanometer level: major advance in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy

Scientists led by Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg have developed a super-resolution microscope with a spatio-temporal precision of one nanometer per millisecond. An improved version of their recently introduced MINFLUX super-resolution micros…

Ultrasound creates a sound field in which particles are shaped into an object. Kai Melde, MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg University / The use of sound waves to create a pressure field to print particles. Kai Melde, MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg University

25.02.2023
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3D printing

Scientists introduce a new technology to assemble matter in 3D using sound waves for 3D printing.

Creating 3D objects with sound

Scientists from the Micro, Nano and Molecular Systems Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and the Institute for Molecular Systems Engineering and Advanced Materials at Heidelberg University have created a new technology to assemble matter in 3D. Their concept uses multiple acoustic…

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